PPD - Week 1

During the first week of our PPD module we were told to look at different portfolios online, and research what we thought were good and bad portfolios

Here are 5 good portfolios and 5 bad ones.

Good:

http://www.torfrick.com/
http://scotthomer.co.uk/
http://andrewahlgren.com/
http://www.clintoncrumpler.com/
http://christofferradsby.com/

Bad:

http://wesburke.com/
http://www.dylanrainville.com/
http://www.shaunsgallery.co.uk/Envselect.html
http://themajorportfolio.carbonmade.com/
http://www.cesaraltagracia.com/

We also learned the do's and don'ts of portfolios some of these included:

Your portfolio is only as good as the worst piece of work in it, if it has bad work in it take it out.
Making sure your portfolio is actually readable and stands out, not too colorful and bouncy but just right.

You have also got to remember that if your work takes longer to load than it does to look at it, your wasting the employers time and should think about maybe decreasing your image size or even using another host for your website.

Remember that your work needs to be Industry standard, that means your work must be on par as the best 3D environment Artist at the moment or at least close. Competition is always high for these positions.

I also learned that you need to manage your public profile, people are going to research you and see what your personal life is like along with any other work you have done. So beware!

Basically the main things to consider are:

Website Presentation.

The quality of your work.

How easy is it to access your work?

What do you like or dislike about your portfolio? Fix it.